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[#2] Posted: 06/11/2012 - 11:20:16 AM |  |  |
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It's a double hung on it's side. Not only will it leak like a sieve, it'll open really fast if they didn't disable the balance springs.
Hope you still have all your fingers.
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[#3] Posted: 06/11/2012 - 11:47:37 AM | | |
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Who hasn't done that before?
A few years ago, a friend of mine ordered a replacement window for his kitchen and asked me to put it in. No problem. He ordered the right size and everything!
I never even looked at it before I installed it. About a month later, it was leaking like hell.
Is this the same window? Are you kidding me?
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[#5] Posted: 06/12/2012 - 06:33:58 AM | | |
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Lots of laughs. The guy selling windows at the big box probly told them they could install it whatever way it would fit an opening? Or it was bought off one of these salvage lots where stuff is just piled up here and there. It has a mighty funny shape for a double-hung.
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[#6] Posted: 06/12/2012 - 06:54:09 AM | | |
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What about casements that are installed as awnings?
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[#7] Posted: 06/12/2012 - 06:58:09 AM | | |
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I agree that it's wrong; but it might not leak. There appears to be a pretty deep overhanging eave.
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[#9] Posted: 06/12/2012 - 12:20:40 PM | | |
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Quote: Originally posted by Tom RaymondQuote: Originally posted by kurt
What about casements that are installed as awnings?
Or worse, awnings installed as casements.
Seems like a creative type I know did just that many years ago. Think they worked OK. For siding this guy bought the ever more popular enameled steel roofing panels and hung them vertically as siding.
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[#10] Posted: 06/12/2012 - 8:11:25 PM | | |
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Quote: Originally posted by Jim BairdQuote: Originally posted by Tom RaymondQuote: Originally posted by kurt
What about casements that are installed as awnings?
Or worse, awnings installed as casements. Seems like a creative type I know did just that many years ago. Think they worked OK. For siding this guy bought the ever more popular enameled steel roofing panels and hung them vertically as siding.
The window on its side might not leak, but it won't drain either. If the frame has the little drain slots on the outside, it will need new drain holes drilled in what is now the bottom. Been there.
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[#11] Posted: 06/12/2012 - 9:15:38 PM | | |
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These windows will do exactly what double-hungs will do if installed on their side. They won't slide and they will leak into the wall.
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